Week 21 Review: Blind Date With a Werewolf

From Goodreads:

When the deadly werewolf Asil is gifted five blind dates by some anonymous "friends," his reclusive life will never be the same, in this enthralling novel in stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson series.

Includes two all-new stories as well as three previously published stories.

Dear

We are worried about you. A werewolf alone is a sad thing, especially at Christmastime. So we have a challenge for five dates in three weeks. We have taken the work out of it and connected you with five people from online dating sites. You should also know that we have informed the whole pack and instigated a betting pool. Have fun!

Sincerely,

Your Concerned Friends

My Review:
I loved reading this book! I've read a few of the short stories that were published in various anthologies, but there were 2 more, and yeah, I enjoyed reading them back to back! I'd forgotten a lot of details, so I'm glad that collection of all 5 stories, new and old, exists! 

The main things that I remembered was that one of the dates was a bad guy, and that the 4th date might be end-game. To see the adventures that Asil had on these dates, with good people and bad people, was really great! Plus we got the missing 3rd date, which was great, and I loved how there were some connections to the 5th date! 

That 5th date was really interesting, because with the end of the 4th, Asil said he was done. But I'm glad that he did go on it, because that was a really bad situation that he was perfect to help solve and make better. The way it wrapped up was just so fantastic! 

I totally had no clue who was behind this whole endeavor. So to find out who it was, that was pretty shocking! But the reveal was really well done, I could see a spin off series of novellas of retaliation, not that Asil is upset with the results of these dates! 

This was so much fun to read and I can't wait to read more by Patricia Briggs! 

Author: Patricia Briggs 
Series: Mercy Thompson World 
Read: May 21st, 2025 
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this world, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2025 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Ace 
Published: October 21st 2025 

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